Ments



lRe. 15,861

w. BEANEY Jue '24 1924.

TIRE

Original Filed Nov. 18. 19?.)

Reissues! Jlme 24, 1924.

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WUILIAIBIANEY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASBIIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND ASSIGN-llms, or ummm aussen COMPANY, me.,

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Original lo. IAISOl, hted April 11, 1982, Serial lo. Bill, lied November1l,

` reissue Iled- April 10, 1924.

TION 0F m YORK.

To all lwhom it may conc-cm:

Be it known that I, Winnen Baazmna citizen of the United States, and aresident t of New York, in the county of Newl York,

l State of New York, have invented an Im le a--liner or flap on il theme Il to be wrapped adjustment of so into alinement to be e0 with the vognized the defects' and l Lpinchingl provement in V1s a-s This illvelinrelates to improvements in motor vehicletires and Tires, of which thefollowing cted to beplaced betwaen theel'1v f- .and rim. na h tisw 'linerso'r ps ave been used prior time for mainthe inner t outof contactwith rim-and forlpreventing pinching of thetubebetwemthe inner edges ofthe tire and ween said 'edges and said rim. These known 'eonstructionshowever, have been formed oiga strip of material adapted to form a linerbetween the tube and run. Some of the known devices have been providedwith means to permit the same to accommodate exion and contraction oftheinner tube after be used for some time shortens in length olv?g to theshrinkage o f the fabric from which it il made, and when this-occurs theapertures in the liner cannot be brou ht passed over the va ve stem ofthe inner tube. Further than this, in the liners heretofore used, bothend's of the liner will not automatically adijlust themselves when thetire is being in atedfand consequentl wrinkles and the likel are formedin t e Vliner and these wrinkles tend to rub against the, inner tube.and cause puncturingof the same.

rom ractical e`x rience in connection ers hereto ore known, I haverecdisadvantages ofthe same, and it is'the `prima object of the resentinventionto provi can improved orne of the objects of my invention areto rovide an endless automaticallyI adjustable apv or liner.that willfit any size or make of automobile tire 'or tube without causing orrubbing-ofthe pneumatic inner tube. e liner is so constructed that itmay be used for the more particularly to ut in this adjustable type ofliner, the linerl er which will overcome these disadvan` "5 havin lifeof a tire regardless' of mi. animan m sex-nu n. 10am.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A` mnpunctures,v and it automatiown types-of liners.The

improved liner can be manufactured at as.

cost approximately equal `to the manufacturing cost of flaps now on themarket;

A urther object of.the invention is to provide a liner consisting ofanendless relatively sti fabric band'that is. capable yof automaticallyadjusting itself to sn ly en galgee the rim and inner tube when Salisinner tu is inflated.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in view whichwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in t enovel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and more articularly ointed out in the appended caims.

Re erring to the drawing: j

Fi1g.1 is a side view of a wheel with a tire emp cyl thereomuxe myimproved liner, mountedl tire, rim, and liner being shown` ig. 5 is atransverse sectional view of the liner and illustrating the manner inwhich the same is manufactured,

. -Fi 6 is a detail in thezloop at one end of the band, and

at tlg other end of the band.

In the drawing, 1 designates a 'motor vehicle wheel having 3, consistingof a casing 4 and an innfr tube a valve tube 6. All ofathese parts areofown construction "and they need a rim 2 carrying a tire" perspectiveview show- 1s asimilar view showing the loop is 'tube will hold aportion of the liner from not be modified or altered to accommodate myim roved liner, which will now be. describe/di The liner or flap isshown at 7 and it consists of an annular band formed of a strip voflaminated fabric and preferably provid-v ed at its ends with guide meanssuch as loops 8 and 9, the former of which projects out wardly tosurround a portion of..-tliey strip, and the latter of which extendsinwardly to surround another portion ofthe strip. It will be understoodthat these loops permit the ends of the strip to move toward or awa fromone another in order to accommodlite tires of different 'sizes and ty esand to allow automatic adjustment of t e flap when the inner tube isbeing inflated. Thev flap is provided with an aperture 1G to per mit thepassage of the valve tube 6 and it will be understood that `when thevalve tube passed through the hole 10, said valve vmovement while itsend portions slide to acrd with the size of the tire.

A8 best Shown in Fig. 5, the body of the `liner is preferably formed oflaminated strips 11 of rubberized fabric and a cover 12 of. some softmaterial such as flannel, is

placed over the laminated strips and has its inner inner tu ed, to causethe liner or flap to snugly fit the side ed es turned inwardly to engagethe ace of the su rposed laminated strips as shown at 13. gy making thebody of laminated stri s, a relatively stiff adjustable endless ban isrovided and when this band is laced in a vtire between the rim and be,the loops 8 and 9 will automaticallyoperate, when the inner tube isinflatrim and tube.

v When the liner has been placed in Sition, and the tube has beeninflated, the iner will function to maintain the tube out of contactwith the rim and also out of contact with the inner edges of the casing,and as the liner automatically adjusts itself to snugly fitthe rim andtube, a smooth sui face of the liner will be in engagement with thetube, so that there will be no dan er of injuring the latter by pinchingor ru bing the same.

F rom the foregoing I believe that the construction, operation andadvantages of the invention maybe 4readily understood by those skilledin the art, and I am aware that the various cha s may be made in thedetails disclosed without departing from ,the

` spirit of the invention as expressed in 'the folle claims.

Whatvr `claim is:

L In combination, d rim, a tire casing having spaced side cdgesvmountedon said rim, a .pneumatic `inner tube arranged within the casing, astrip ofe'xible material dinpable yof conformingtofthe changing lascishape of the -tire longitudinally and transversely during inflation andlying between and unconnected with the inner tube and casing andbridging the space between the side edges of the casing, said stripextending entirely around the rim and having its ends overlapped,flexible means connected to one extremity of said strip and slidablyengaging the other en'd portion of the strip, and other flexible meansconnected to the other extremity of the strip and slidably engaging theopposite end portion of said strip.

2. A combination as claimed in claim 1 in which said flexible meansinclude straps, one strap being arranged on the inner side of the`.strip and the other strap being arranged on the outer side of the stri3. A flap adapted to placed between an linner tube 'and a tire casing toprevent pinching ofthe tube comprising a strip of fleible materialcapable of conforming to -the changing shape of a tire longitudinallyand and transversely during inflation adapted to extend entirely aroundthe rim and having its ends overlapped, a transverse flexible strapconnected to one extremity of said strip and slidably engaging the otherend portion of the strip, and another trans verse flexible strapconnected to the other extremity of the strip and slidably engaging theopposite end portion of said strip, one of sai side of the strip and theother` strap bein arran ed on the inner side thereof, and sai strip eingprovided intermediate its ends with an aperture tofpermit the passage ofa valve stem therethrough.

4. A. flap ada ted to be placed between an innertube an a tirepcasingtoprevent pinching. of the tubev and hold the tube ouil of contact withthe wheel rim comprisin a strip of flexible material capale o conformingto the changing shape of a tire longitudinally and transversely duringinflatlon and yadapted to extend entirely around the rim and having itsends overlapped, said strip being provided intermediate its ends with avalve stem aper ture and means connecting the end portions of said stripandcapable of permitting both 4ends of said strip to automaticallyadjust themselves circninferentially while the tire is being inflated.

5. A tire fla having overlapping ends relatively mova le in line withthe flap and havingmeans for guiding said ends in their relative slidinmovement. y

6. A tire a having overia ping ends relatively mova le in line with t eflap and having means for preventing' the. lateral movement of said endsduring their relative sliding movement.

In testimony Whereof'l aflix my signature.

' WILLIAM BEANEY,

straps being arrangedon the outer

